Leonardo Blair

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  Jan 4, 2020

  Christian worker who quit job over ‘666’ on W-2 form says God blessed him with higher paying new job

  Walter Slonopas, a devout Christian man from Tennessee who made international headlines when he quit his job in 2013 over the number 666 being assigned to his W-2 tax form says God blessed him with a higher paying job months later and his former employer went out of business.

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  Jan 3, 2020

  Redemption Church asks court to evict John Gray’s Relentless Church from property

  Just over a month after serving Pastor John Gray’s Relentless Church with a 30-day notice of termination for buildings they were leasing from Redemption Church in Greenville, South Carolina, Redemption’s founders, pastors Ron and Hope Carpenter, have now asked a local court to evict the celebrity preacher.

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  Jan 3, 2020

  Iran pledges ‘revenge’ after US airstrike kills top general; Trump says they ‘have never won a war’

  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged “revenge” Friday for the U.S. military strike that killed his top security and intelligence commander, Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who orchestrated numerous terror plots worldwide and is responsible for the killing of hundreds of American soldiers in Iraq.

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  Jan 2, 2020

  Todd Bentley declared ‘not qualified’ for leadership after review of ‘ungodly and immoral behavior’

  A team of evangelical leaders including host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program, Michael Brown, declared  Fresh Fire USA leader Todd Bentley “not qualified” for leadership Thursday after an investigation found allegations of  “ungodly and immoral behavior” against him “credible.”

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  Jan 2, 2020

  Pope Francis apologizes for slapping female admirer, denounces violence against women

  Pope Francis apologized Wednesday for losing his patience and slapping a woman who grabbed him aggressively to get his attention as he greeted pilgrims around the Vatican’s giant Nativity scene after a New Year’s Eve liturgy.

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  Dec 24, 2019

  Grandmother who thanked God for sparing her life in deadly tornado gets new home for Christmas

  Earnestine Reese remembers the tornado that took her house in Alabama earlier this year. It was a “bad, bad storm” she said.

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  Dec 21, 2019

  Outspoken NC pastor calls William Barber’s hosting of gay presidential candidate at church a ‘disgrace’

  Outspoken North Carolina Bishop Patrick Wooden Sr., founder of the conservative Upper Room Church of God in Christ in Raleigh, slammed William J. Barber II, pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, for hosting gay Democratic presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and for arguing that Jesus didn’t speak out against homosexuality.

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  Dec 20, 2019

  Doctor allows patients to pay for surgery with volunteer work

  Driven by data from a new study showing that 66.5% of all bankruptcies are tied to medical issues oftentimes due to the high cost of care, a Nebraska doctor has developed a program in his practice that helps needy patients pay for surgery with volunteer work.

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  Dec 20, 2019

  Trump, Franklin Graham, 8 other evangelicals react to Christianity Today's call to remove president

  President Donald Trump and Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, have slammed evangelical magazine Christianity Today after Mark Galli, the publication’s editor in chief, called for the president’s removal from office.

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  Dec 19, 2019

  LDS church says it spends majority of tithes, donations ‘immediately,' after IRS complaint on $100b stockpile

  A day after a report on a new whistleblower complaint to the Internal Revenue Service alleged the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had stockpiled some $100 billion of tithes and donations meant for charity, officials at the organization pushed back saying the “vast majority” of those funds are spent immediately for church business and related humanitarian work.